Wednesday, September 10, 2008

There's a definite chill in the air at night now...in the 40's last night...and I'm thrilled that autumn is knocking on my door.

I love everything about autumn:

warm days, chilly nights

rustle of the dried corn stalks in the fields around our house

Indian corn

from-scratch, hot fried apple donuts from a neighboring orchard

pumpkin patches

wearing big sweatshirts

scarecrows

festivals

red, yellow and orange leaves

walking through deep fallen leaves and kicking them up with my feet

spice scented candles

bonfires

hayrides

hot chocolate

kettle corn

s'mores

The list goes on and on! I LoVeAuTuMn!

For me, autumn brings good changes. I'm not a big fan of hot, humid summer days. I'd take 70* temps year round!

Sometimes though, change can be so hard. Especially when you know you've made the changes you needed to make to do what you need to do and be what you need to be, but you aren't supported by others whom you thought would support you. When you know you're in the place that God has chosen for you, somehow, it has to be OK that others don't support you if they so choose and you have to find peace anyway. Something better will come along!

And so it's the same with autumn. I love it. I can't wait for it to come in full-swing. But the sad thing with autumn for me is the change that follows- winter. Each year I just batten down the hatches and trust that as usual something better will come along eventually... in the form of spring.